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And another history-related post:
Recently I found a video of instrumental version of Staatsspoorwegen Marsch (ID : Mars Staatsspoorwegen) played by Indonesian rail fan, with the original version was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Staatsspoorwegen a.k.a SS in 1925. As the norm for many rail fans in Indonesia, the creator of that video used the classical photo of SS1203 (DD5003) to illustrate the heyday of SS.
Unfortunately SS1203 was able to run under its own power for a relatively short period, as it was later permanently put into storage due to technical problems (cylinder backpressure, frame cracks etc) along with other 7 units of 1st batches of SS1200 series (they were renumbered by the invading Japanese in 1942 as DD50, but merely for administration purposes). On the other hand, SS1209 and later units (including SS1250 a.k.a DD52) received special treatments for solving the same problem, making them usable up to 1960s (SS1209 - SS1220 a.k.a DD5101 - DD5112) and early 1970s (SS1251 - SS1260 a.k.a DD5201 - DD5210).
Recently I found a video of instrumental version of Staatsspoorwegen Marsch (ID : Mars Staatsspoorwegen) played by Indonesian rail fan, with the original version was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Staatsspoorwegen a.k.a SS in 1925. As the norm for many rail fans in Indonesia, the creator of that video used the classical photo of SS1203 (DD5003) to illustrate the heyday of SS.
Unfortunately SS1203 was able to run under its own power for a relatively short period, as it was later permanently put into storage due to technical problems (cylinder backpressure, frame cracks etc) along with other 7 units of 1st batches of SS1200 series (they were renumbered by the invading Japanese in 1942 as DD50, but merely for administration purposes). On the other hand, SS1209 and later units (including SS1250 a.k.a DD52) received special treatments for solving the same problem, making them usable up to 1960s (SS1209 - SS1220 a.k.a DD5101 - DD5112) and early 1970s (SS1251 - SS1260 a.k.a DD5201 - DD5210).